SG man who got girlfriend to take nude photo of her mother gets 20 weeks’ jail
A 25-year-old man demanded of his girlfriend that she send him nude photos of herself five times a week and when she refused, he threatened to commit suicide, beat her, or post her intimate pictures online. Read full storyContinue Reading
Unification Church ex-members in Japan rail at politicians who embraced it
POLITICAL CRISIS Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s emphatic win in July’s upper house elections – days after Abe’s shooting – was supposed to tighten his grip on the LDP, still dominated by the ex-premier’s supporters. Instead, revelations over LDP links to the church and his decision to grant Abe, Japan’s longest-servingContinue Reading
Putin’s regime may be near end, but what then?
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine now enters its seventh month with no apparent end in sight. Yet the conflict was supposed to be a lightning war, President Vladimir Putin’s version of Desert Storm, short, sharp, and decisive. Thanks to the seemingly limitless support the United States and its NATO partners have rendered to Ukraine’s defenders, the […]
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Singapore-based Eezee raises US$7.5mil Series A roundÂ
Previous investors Insignia Ventures, Wavemaker Partners, others, participated in this round
Fund will be used to grow team, expand market share & product development Singapore-based procurement startup Eezee has raised US$7.5 million (RM33.7 million) in its Series A round led by Ayala Corporate Technology Innovation Venture Fund (Active Fund), a venture capital…Continue Reading
Jail for man who instigated girlfriend to take intimate photos of her mother and threatened to post nudes
SINGAPORE: In a case the defence called “bizarre and weird”, a man instigated his girlfriend to take private photos of her mother for his sexual gratification. He also threatened to beat his girlfriend or kill himself if she did not come up with other ways to “satisfy his sexual desires”.Continue Reading
DJ Man, singer-wife Baitoey face charges over Forex-3D fraud
The Department of Special Investigation has summonsed Pattanapon “DJ Man” Minthakhin and his singer-wife Suteewan “Baitoey” Thaweesin to acknowledge three charges in connection with the Forex-3D Ponzi fraud.Continue Reading
Dangerous time for Russia-installed officials in Ukraine
Moscow has long used proxy leaders to provide a facade of independent legitimacy for the territory it controls and it did so after occupying territory in the east of Ukraine in 2014. Many of the personnel in the militaries of the breakaway Russian-backed states of Donetsk and Luhansk are Ukrainian. The leader of the provisional […]
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DJ Man, singer-wife Baitoey face charges in Forex-3D fraud case
The Department of Special Investigation has summonsed Pattanapon “DJ Man” Minthakhin and his singer-wife Suteewan “Baitoey” Thaweesin to acknowledge three charges in connection with the Forex-3D online Ponzi fraud.Continue Reading
South Korea offers talks with North for reunion of war-torn families
SEOUL: South Korea on Thursday (Sep 8) offered talks with North Korea to discuss a reunion of families separated by the 1950 to 1953 Korean War, in its first direct overture under President Yoon Suk-yeol despite strained cross-border ties. The surprise proposal came days before the thanksgiving holiday of Chuseok,Continue Reading
Launch of Health Technology Hubs shows NTIS still close to Khairy Jamaluddinâs heart
Declares Ministry of Health is onboard, to provide full support to NTIS
Part MOH vision to transition from sick care to healthcare and wellness It turns out, the National Technology and Innovation Sandbox (NTIS) that he launched is still close to Khairy Jamaluddinâs (pic, above) heart, even though he is now the…Continue Reading